Exhibitions

Hayward Oubre: Structural Integrity

August 26, 2025 - December 7, 2025. Organized by the Birmingham Museum of Art, this exhibition celebrates a key figure in the history of Black American art, Hayward L. Oubre, Jr. (1916 – 2006). This is the first monographic retrospective of Oubre’s artwork, and shares a previously unexamined history of American modernism rooted in the South through 52 sculptures, paintings, and prints.

A gallery space with red walls, with framed paintings and a tall sculpture on display

In the Studio: Art at Iowa in the 1940s

August 26, 2025 - January 25, 2026. Accompanying "Hayward Oubre: Structural Integrity," this exhibition is a focused installation exploring the early years of the University of Iowa’s studio MFA program that places Oubre in the context of faculty and students such as Mauricio Lasansky, Philip Guston, Miriam Schapiro, and Houston Ellis Chandler.

A blue map of Iowa with the rivers shown as black lines. On the top left of the map is an area highlighted in red with the text "Mill Creek Cultural Area" and the bottom left with the text "Glenwood Cultural Area"

Ethics, Art, and Connections with Nature: Exploring the Archaeological Cultures of Mill Creek and Glenwood

Summer 2025 - 2026. A collaborative exhibition between the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist, Department of Anthropology, and the Stanley Museum of Art. Featuring artifacts of the Indigenous people from archaeologically defined Mill Creek and Glenwood cultures.